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Monday July 18, 2005 16:58

by aye aye

"finding an exit strategy for the EU from illegality which is popularly perceived as anti-Islam"

The first 2 thinktanks in the UK have issued reports linking the first attack by british born suicide bombers in the UK and the UK involvement in-

* the illegal occupation of Iraq.
* the illegal detention camp in Guantánamo
* the fulfillment of the Bonn conference and UN resolutions leading to the war on Afghanistan.

"The time for excuses for terrorism is over," said UK minister for foreign affairs and currently the EU president of foreign ministers.
"The terrorists have struck across the world, in countries allied with the United States, backing the war in Iraq and in countries which had nothing whatever to do with the war in Iraq."

Chatham House formerly known as the Royal and another think-tank, the Economic and Social Research Council, said the situation in Iraq had given "a boost" to the al-Qaida network's ability to recruit and raise money.

Mr Straw said Saturday's attack at a beach resort in Turkey also showed that terrorists "will seek any excuse" to strike. "They struck this weekend in Turkey, which was not supporting our action in Iraq," Mr Straw said.

Those with integrity will remember that Turkey's involvement in the war on Iraq when mooted became a point of international legality and the very constitution of NATO in mid-February 2003.

Those with integrity will remember Bertie Ahern's statements at the time as the equivocation led up to the illegal war, the files on NATO at that time remind us of the change in command of the legal presence in Afghanistan as Turkey gave way to Netherlands citing "internal politican concerns".

Those with integrity will remember the same 12 days Feb 9th-17th 2003 that over 12million marched globally against the war, the Turkish Parliament voted against allowing the U.S. to use its territory as a base for attacking Iraq. While they voted a huge anti-war demonstration was occurring outside in the streets. Over 90% of Turkish civilians were opposed to the war. the Arab League, a group of 22 countries which includes Syria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, all neighbors of Iraq, voted UNANIMOUSLY to oppose the war.

Those with integrity will also note the longterm UK support of the Kurds, and that the same political parties which were used to "stabilise" the Iraqi government against the non-involvement of one section of its muslim population are one and the same who shelter the terrorists accused by Ankara this week of twice bombing the beach resorts where an Irish teenager has died.

Meanwhile, British minister of the defence John Reid said :-

"The idea that somehow by running away from the school bully, then the bully will not come after you is a thesis that is known to be completely untrue by every kid in the playground and it is also refuted by every piece of historical evidence that we have,"

(The school bully normally engages in extortion, lunch money, calling of names, the sneaky rubbing of bubblegum in carefully groomed hair.
Young muslims in the UK often are subject to bullying and as part of british multi-culturalism a recently launched anti-bully initiative featured in its cartoon pages two young muslims, perhaps targetted for their sincere religious beliefs and lower than average regard for materialist secular lifestyles propped up by popularist spindoctoring liar politicians)

This thread will update all thinktank reports calling on the UK government to leave Iraq. And remember that many of the "influential thinktanks" have already made this call, including Bill Gate's cato institute whoare allied to the Blair popularist government on african poverty issues. Their report 2003-
http://www.cato.org/research/articles/pena-030625.html
and 2004 a member's "exit strategy".
http://slate.msn.com/id/2100933/
And 2004 members of centre right thinktanks in teh UK and USA marking the "1000th soldier death" called for withdrawl, when 1000 soldier deaths seemed important.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0911-26.htm

The report published today-

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Politics/documents/2005/07/18/Chathamreport.pdf

For in truth we are not all brave little soldiers.
& we don't all go to heaven.